1985 Oakland Athletics Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 8, 1984

  Bill Almon granted Free Agency.

  Dave Kingman granted Free Agency.

  Dan Meyer granted Free Agency.

  Mark Wagner granted Free Agency.

• December 5, 1984

  Traded Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and cash to the New York Yankees. Received Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk and José Rijo.

• December 7, 1984

  Traded a player to be named later, Eric Barry (minors) and Ray Burris to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Don Sutton. The Oakland Athletics sent Ed Myers (minors) (March 25, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

• December 8, 1984

  Traded Bill Caudill to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash.

• December 12, 1984

  Released Les Straker.

• December 19, 1984

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

• December 20, 1984

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 1984

  Jeff Burroughs player rights sold to the Toronto Blue Jays.

• December 24, 1984

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• January 15, 1985

  Signed Dan Meyer as a free agent.

• February 5, 1985

  Signed Rob Picciolo as a free agent.

• March 11, 1985

  Signed Steve Mura as a free agent.

• March 18, 1985

  Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received a player to be named later and Chuck Rainey. The Oakland Athletics sent Davey Lopes (August 31, 1984) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Damon Farmar (minors) (March 18, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• March 24, 1985

  Traded Ed Puikunas (minors) and Dan Winters (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Dusty Baker.

• March 31, 1985

  Signed Steve Henderson as a free agent.

  Released Jim Essian.

• April 3, 1985

  Traded Tim Pyznarski to the San Diego Padres. Received Joe Lansford.

• April 11, 1985

  Signed Tom Tellmann as a free agent.

• April 15, 1985

  Signed Bob Owchinko as a free agent.

• April 26, 1985

  Signed Bill Mooneyham as a free agent.

• May 14, 1985

  Todd Fischer player rights sold to the California Angels.

• May 26, 1985

  Released Dan Meyer.

• June 3, 1985

  Drafted Walt Weiss in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1985.

  Drafted Dave Otto in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Wally Whitehurst in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Steve Wapnick in the 5th round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Bruce Walton in the 16th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jeff Shaver in the 22nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Jim Pena in the 24th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Larry Arndt in the 26th round of the 1985 amateur draft.

  Drafted Bob Malloy in the 30th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

• July 12, 1985

  Signed Tommy John as a free agent.

• July 17, 1985

  Bob Owchinko player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• September 10, 1985

  Traded Don Sutton to the California Angels. Received players to be named later. The California Angels sent Bob Sharpnack (minors) (September 25, 1985) and Jerome Nelson (minors) (September 25, 1985) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.

• November 12, 1985

  Bruce Bochte granted Free Agency.

  Tommy John granted Free Agency.

  Steve McCatty granted Free Agency.

  Mike Norris granted Free Agency.

  Rob Picciolo granted Free Agency.

• November 13, 1985

  Traded Dave Collins to the Detroit Tigers. Received Bárbaro Garbey.

• December 4, 1985

  Signed Bruce Bochte as a free agent.

• December 5, 1985

  Signed Ralph Citarella as a free agent.

  Signed Don Cooper as a free agent.

• December 8, 1985

  Signed Rusty Kuntz as a free agent.

• December 9, 1985

  Signed Ray Smith as a free agent.

• December 10, 1985

  Traded Tim Conroy and Mike Heath to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Joaquín Andújar.

• December 20, 1985

  Released Dave Kingman.

  Released Steve Mura.

  Released Mike Warren.

• January 13, 1986

  Traded Tom Romano to the Montreal Expos. Received Mike Fuentes.

• January 14, 1986

  Drafted Dave Veres in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 25, 1986.

• January 17, 1986

  Traded Bob Bathe (minors) and Phil Stephenson to the Chicago Cubs. Received John Cox (minors) and Gary Jones (minors).

• January 20, 1986

  Signed Dave Kingman as a free agent.

• January 29, 1986

  Signed Bob Stoddard as a free agent.

• February 1, 1986

  Signed Lenn Sakata as a free agent.

• March 15, 1986

  Mike Fuentes sent to the Houston Astros in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• March 21, 1986

  Released Bárbaro Garbey.

• March 30, 1986

  Traded Mike Fulmer (minors), Pete Kendrick (minors), Steve Kiefer and Charlie O'Brien to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Moose Haas.